Two countries were well positioned to colonize islands off the coast of Africa in the late 15th century. A series of treaties divided control of these new lands between Castile and Portugal, starting with the Treaty of Alcaçovas-Toledo in 1480 over the Canary Islands. Christopher Columbus, seeking to find a western route to Asia for Queen Isabella of Castile, instead discovered new lands across the Atlantic in 1493. This led to the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 and later the Treaty of Zaragoza in 1529, which divided territorial claims between the two countries.

1. A new world is arriving

2. Once upon a time…

3. Two countries were very well placed at the correct time…
Who were they?
Try to guess!!!!!

5. Exactly!!!!! You get it.

6. They went into the ocean…towards to
the SOUTH
• A series of islands were
waiting for them…
• Their inhabitants were
so different… as a result
there were important
consequences…

7. The first Treaty: Alcaçovas-Toledo
(1480)
• Our key word
• PARALLEL
• Canary Islands
parallel

8. A new chance for Castile
• A man with a fixed
idea…
• His name was
Cristopher Columbus

9. He found a Queen…

10. Sailing to the West he found out new
lands

11. Problems again.
The Pope´s intercession (1493)

12. Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

13. The epilog. Treaty of Zaragoza
(1529

14. I, ve just learnt…
• 1. Treaty of A... It took place in….
• 2.Treaty of T… It took place in…
• 3.Treaty of Z… It took place in…
• The name of the Castilian´s queen was…
• The name of the discover was…